Thursday, June 12, 2008

Safety Alert

Now that the little guy is crawling, baby-proofing the house has climbed the list of Things To Do.

Done
- Baby gate is installed in the back room, but needs tightened some more as I can open it without using the latch and Xander likes to hang on it and rattle it.
- Most outlets are covered.
- The new fancy car seat is installed since Xander has almost outgrown the old baby carrier car seat. He was getting too heavy for the carrier anyway. It's an adjustment to me though as I have to carry him places now (note to self: put sling in car). X is dealing very well with sitting in carts at stores, he loves being able to look around.
- I moved most things off the the lower shelves in the back room, including DVDs, photos and the marble chess set.

To Do
- Install the baby gate at the top of the stairs. I know, I know, we need one at the bottom too. One step at a time people.
- Install cabinet looks in the kitchen. He pretty regularly is crawling into the kitchen, I think he likes the floor. And he likes play to play with his bedroom door, so you'd better believe that once he figures out that the cabinets are doors he won't stay away.
- Lower the crib. Three times last night we had to go in while he was crying and he had pulled himself up and was hanging on the edge yelling at the door.
- Crawl through the entire house looking for other dangers

Any suggestions on things to look out for?

1 comment:

Julie said...

Sounds like you've got most of them. A lot of people like the little clips that hold toilet seats shut, but that wasn't a big draw for Katie.

Things we DID have to do...

...Make sure all your windows that you open have secure screens and/or those safety vent things so he can't shove it open. Cat food & litter totally out of his reach zone. In the bathroom, no soaps and shampoos left sitting on the outer edge of the bathtub. None of those towels attached to the handle of the stove (too tempting to pull on and down comes the oven door!)... no matter what you do he'll find something! We had a couple of safe cabinets full of things she could access, which helped ease the frustrations for her.

Have fun with those cabinet locks...he he hee....

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